Honorary Canadians

This room is dedicated to the artists who, while not born here, made a meaningful mark on Canadian music. Whether they came to record, perform, collaborate, or simply found inspiration on Canadian soil, these Honorary Canadians became part of the story. Some stayed briefly, others put down roots—but all contributed to the cultural fabric in unique ways. From one-off sessions to lasting legacies, this is a salute to the outsiders who felt right at home in Canada.

Tracks

Artist	Track	Title	Length
Nelson* Riddle	The Caribou	British Columbia Suite	03:23
Nelson* Riddle	Vancouver Nights	British Columbia Suite	02:09
Buddy Knox	Somebody Touched Me	ST (mono)	02:16
Ernie* Smith	Top Rankin Skankin	To Behold Jah	02:21
Ellen McIlwaine	Wings of a Horse	Honky Tonk Angel	04:01
Sidewinders	Time For Loving	Flatfoot Hustlin'	04:24
Oscar* McLollie	Blues in Nova Scotia (Oscar McLollie)	ST	06:47
Kyiv Pops Orchestra*	Your Seduced Me Ти Ж Мене Підманула	Ukrainian Pops	02:41
Loni Gamble	It's You	ST	05:43
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra	Ill Wind	And I Love Her	01:51
Bluebird*	Country Boy Blues	Country Boy Blues b/w A Good Thing Lost	02:40
Eddie* Murray	Montreal, Canada Blues	Montreal, Canada Blues b/w Stepping High Dance	03:34
Country Mcdonald Joe*	The Munition Maker	War War War	04:23
Aarons And Ackley*	Could Have Had Anything	You And I	02:19
Buddy Knox	Hula Love	ST	02:15
Nelson* Riddle	Peace River	British Columbia Suite	02:47
Nelson* Riddle	Butchart Gardens	British Columbia Suite	03:23
Ernie* Smith	Bend Down Low	Skareggae	03:09
Kyiv Pops Orchestra*	O Moon Do Not Shine	Ukrainian Pops	02:34
Kyiv Pops Orchestra*	A Hanging Apple Висить Ябко	Ukrainian Pops	03:34
Ellen McIlwaine	Steal Him Away	Ellen McIlwaine	03:12
Tommy Makem	Vancouver	Vancouver b/w Better Times	02:45
Ellen McIlwaine	Everybody Wants to Go to Heaven (But Nobody Wants to Die)	Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years	02:25
Ernie* Smith	Money Can't Buy Life	Skareggae	02:37
Mike* Ferro	Bridges	Bridges b/w Soldier In The Rain	04:51
Kyiv Pops Orchestra*	Handzya	Ukrainian Pops	02:20
Aarons And Ackley*	Don't	You And I	02:05
Ellen McIlwaine	Wings of a Horse	Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years	04:01
Ellen McIlwaine	Everybody Needs It	Everybody Needs It	03:14
Ellen McIlwaine	Wade in the Water	Honky Tonk Angel	04:55
Exponians	The Look of Love	Wicked Woman My Peaceful World	03:05
Ellen McIlwaine	Nothing Left to be Desired	Everybody Needs It	03:17
Jack Holland	Get it Behind You Girl	The Eyes of a Dreamer	01:37
Matt Lucas*	New Orleans Woman	Matt Gets Blue	02:05
Ellen McIlwaine	Jimmy Jean	We the People	02:56
Kyiv Pops Orchestra*	Kolomayka	Ukrainian Pops	02:45
Albert Jones*	I Feel So Good	The Facts of Life	03:13
Ursa Major*	Stage Door Queen	ST	05:25
Ellen McIlwaine	I Don't Want to Play	We the People	03:20
Cal* Bostic	Just a Boy And Girl in Love (Doug Randle)	Introducing...	02:41
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble*	Traditional 'Trojista' Music	Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection	03:43
Aarons And Ackley*	Five O'Clock	You And I	01:01
Priscilla* Rollins	Softer Moments	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	03:57
Matt Lucas*	Men's Liberation	Matt Gets Blue	01:54
Oscar* McLollie	Love Will Get You	ST	03:32
Priscilla* Rollins	If You Should Lose Me	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:40
Jonathan Edwards	People Get Ready	Sailboat	03:02
Loni Gamble	Dance to it	ST	06:33
Ellen McIlwaine	Farther Along	Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years	03:45
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study)	You're Getting Better	Love Serenade	02:30
Ernie* Smith	Take Your Time	To Behold Jah	03:22
Ellen McIlwaine	Lover's Lane	Ellen McIlwaine	03:02
Matt Lucas*	Tomcat Blues	Matt Gets Blue	02:39
Buddy Knox	Mary Lou	ST	02:20
Charmaines*	(You Are) Hypnotized	(You Are) Hypnotized b/w The One For Me (promo)	02:33
Ellen McIlwaine	Sliding	Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years	02:52
Aarons And Ackley*	Take Me Home	ST	04:48
Kyiv Pops Orchestra*	A Cossack Beyond the Danube	Ukrainian Pops	02:42
Cal* Bostic	That's All	Introducing...	02:31
Country Mcdonald Joe*	The Call	War War War	02:36
Loni Gamble	Circles	ST	06:08
Happy Dolls	Funky Stuff	Show Album No. 1	03:04
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra	Hard Days Night	And I Love Her	02:33
Tony McManus	The Maids of Mitchelstown	The Maker's Mark (The Dream Guitar Sessions)	02:53
Kyiv Pops Orchestra*	The Betrothed Girl	Ukrainian Pops	02:50
Priscilla* Rollins	Let the Good Times Roll	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:28
Cal* Bostic	Let Me Love You	Introducing...	03:03
Ursa Major*	Sinner	ST	07:29
Ellen McIlwaine	I Want Whacha Got (Boston Song)	Everybody Needs It	02:55
Ellen McIlwaine	Everybody Wants to Go to Heaven (But Nobody Wants to Die)	We the People	02:25
David Amram	Pull My Daisy	Summer Nights, Winter Rain	04:18
Ellen McIlwaine	Can't Find My Way Home	Honky Tonk Angel	03:39
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)*	I'm Gonna Love You Baby	I'm a Song	02:34
Oscar* McLollie	Chilliwack Valley	Chilliwack Valley b/w She's a Child	03:07
Jonathan Edwards	Girl from the Canyon	Sailboat	02:37
Buddy Knox	Teasable, Pleasable You	ST (mono)	02:19
Loni Gamble	Nightime Kind of Love	ST	06:53
Buddy Knox	Party Doll	ST	02:08
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)*	Hard Hard Times	Shirley Lewis Show Band	01:31
Ellen McIlwaine	(I Gotta) Ramble Just Like You	Ellen McIlwaine	02:48
Aarons And Ackley*	L.A.	You And I	02:44
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)*	Bohemian	I'm a Song	04:14
Priscilla* Rollins	Cry Cry Baby	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	00:36
Alpha Centauri	I'm a Rebel	ST	03:37
Nelson* Riddle	Government House	British Columbia Suite	02:32
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)*	Stormy Weather	Amist the Black Eyes	04:30
Ron Richardson	Ooh Wee Babe	Ooh Wee Babe // Ooh Wee Babe (instrumental)	06:46
Priscilla* Rollins	There Goes My Baby	Lover's Choice Vol. 1	01:47
Ernie* Smith	Bend Down	Skareggae	03:09
Country Mcdonald Joe*	The Man From Athabaska	War War War	06:29
Country Mcdonald Joe*	Young Fellow, My Lad	War War War	04:49
Aarons And Ackley*	N.F.S.	You And I	02:18
Sidewinders	I Like to Dance	Flatfoot Hustlin'	04:52
Cal* Bostic	Let It Be Me	Introducing...	02:44
Kyiv Pops Orchestra*	The Boat is Rocking	Ukrainian Pops	02:36
Jack Holland	Roasalie	The Eyes of a Dreamer	02:01
Zambonis*	Hockey Marlee	To Bleed Black and Gold	02:19
Ellen McIlwaine	Crawling Kingsnake	Fear Itself	03:20
Buddy Knox	Don't Make Me Cry	ST	02:20
Ellen McIlwaine	Love and Devotion	Ellen McIlwaine	03:51

Honorary Canadians

Tracks

Ridni Naspivy Ensemble* - Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection

FEATURED

The Revelaires* - You're So Wrong b/w She Wears My Ring

FEATURED

The Revelaires* - Great Pretender b/w Cab Driver

FEATURED

Matt Lucas* - Matt Gets Blue

Ursa Major* - ST

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Ellen McIlwaine

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Honky Tonk Angel

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Everybody Needs It

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - We the People

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Fear Itself

FEATURED

Country Mcdonald Joe* - War War War

FEATURED

Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* - Amist the Black Eyes

FEATURED

Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* - You Belong to Me b/w Respect (picture sleeve)

FEATURED

Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* - Shirley Lewis Show Band

FEATURED

Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* - I'm a Song

FEATURED

Cal* Bostic - Introducing...

FEATURED

Aarons And Ackley* - ST

FEATURED

Matt Lucas* - The Old Man b/w I'm Movin' On

FEATURED

Tommy Makem - Vancouver b/w Better Times

FEATURED

Oscar* McLollie - ST

FEATURED

Oscar* McLollie - Chilliwack Valley b/w She's a Child

FEATURED

Oscar* McLollie - So Pleasing Loving You b/w As Long As You Care at All

David Amram - Summer Nights, Winter Rain

FEATURED

Bluebird* - Country Boy Blues b/w A Good Thing Lost

FEATURED

Loni Gamble - ST

Dave Gordon & Kay* - I Love That Hockey Team b/w The Fiddler's Widow

FEATURED

Albert Jones* - The Facts of Life

FEATURED

Alpha Centauri - ST

Priscilla* Rollins - Lover's Choice Vol. 1

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